Family reunification

Personal Narrative "A meeting for a lifetime" In April 2006, I met my wife. At the time I didn 't know she was my wife but then again how does any 23 year old really know anything? I was serving in Iraq at the time and was enjoying the short, and rare times that I was able to get some recreational time. If you can remember back to 2006 social media was still in its infancy. I was perusing myspace.com and had a new message. It was from this girl I knew in high school, she was a few grades…

Let me first start off by saying The Bryan Family is hands down the best group of people in the world. I am the youngest of three, I have an older sister (29), an older brother (24), and then there is myself (23). I also have two amazing parents who got a divorce when I was 3 years old and both remarried when I was 5. We are a very close-knit family who like to be involved in each other’s lives. Through the second marriage I gained a step-mom and dad, who also had children from their previous…

more about me than any other man. With time passing I began to see my brother as a fatherly figure; he was everything to me. For vacation I wanted to take a trip to Texas, I asked my mother, “Hey momma, we should go to Texas to visit Elliot and the family?” She agreed. So, we decided to go for a week, leaving Saturday morning and arriving Saturday night. When we arrived, we were welcomed with…

I decided to write about my relationship with my dad in this post because Father’s Day just passed and because I’ve already made a post about the incredible bond I have with my dad. In that post I mentioned that he was away in Korea when I was born and I didn’t get to see him until I was 7 months old. My mother, who was only 22 at the time, had a lot of responsibility taking care of the three of us who were all under 3 years old. When my dad came home he took over the caregiving duties for me…

Introduction Abortion is a highly controversial topic; people say that abortion should be illegal under all circumstances, some say only under certain circumstances, and others say it should be legal no matter what. Abortion should be legal under certain circumstances, yet banned under others. People should have the right to decide what they want to do with their body. However, with abortion, it is not your body. It is the life of someone else that is inside the female body. An argument is that…

Those that don’t know the value of true loyalty can never appreciate the cost of betrayal. By definition loyalty is the state or quality of being loyal; faithfulness to commitments or obligations (Webster Online Dictionary). Is loyalty really an “obligation” though, or is it an internal noble and moral characteristic, that is shared with the people that we feel obligated to because of the relationship that is shared. Loyalty is a complicated concept, and a very broad term which can be perceived…

right way in his life. He was arrested for used and possession of Heroin and he had obviously chose the wrong path. His brother was all the opposite to him. He joined the army, after finishing his service he became a professor, and had a beautiful family. When Sonny got out of the jail his brother received him in his house and tried to give him all his support. Throughout the story, it is noticeable that Sonny’s relationship with his father was not the best, but since their parents were…

Fatherhood Evolution and Human Paternal Behavior is a book written by Peter B. Gray and Kermyt G. Anderson. The book explored different aspects of fatherhood from evolutionary and cultural perspectives. It discusses the role of fathers across different cultures and how the socio economics and mating variations determine men’s parental care and the decision to produce a certain number of children. The book presents evidence on how fatherhood alters a man’s life. The psychological and sexual…

Gran Torino Film Analysis The film, Gran Torino, crosses so many lines in man’s inhumanity to man. The movie depicts realities for a variety of people and brings out truths that we are still faced with and forced to find ways to reconcile peacefully, or continue to experience worse consequences. This movie does express some hope for barriers to be absolved. I hope that somewhere, this resembles someone’s true story. Of the several cultural conflicts, the one scene that sticks out is Walt’s…

The Father-Daughter Bond: A Dress Rehearsal for Life We always hear about the significance of male figures in their son’s life, which is certainly a precious bond. They are very critical in the proper development of their sons. However, what typically remains omitted from research studies is the importance of fathers in their daughter’s life. In contrast to studies from the past, we should now consider the importance of the father-daughter relationship. Daughter’s make conclusions about what men…